Stocking



June 1.1, 1935. J. L. FoNvlLLE 2,004,656

STOCKING Filed June 29, 1954 posed of two strands,

Patented June 1l, 1935 UNITED STATES STOCKING John IL. Fonville,Burlington, N. C., assignor to King Cotton Mills Corporation,

Richmond, Va.,

i a corporation of Virginia Application June 29, 1934, Serial No.733,099 6 Claims. (Cl. 66-292) l 'I'his invention relates to a stockingand more especially to a stocking knitted from cotton, regeneratedcellulose, silk and the like and having designs knitted therein from a.yarn comone strand of the same being filament cellulose acetate and theother strand being spun cellulose acetate. This gives a beautifulcross-dyeingveffect and at the same time provides a stocking which isdurable in that the design forming strand has the necessary strength andalso the necessary friction element to prevent the design formingstrands from pulling out of the fabric.

It is a well known fact that cellulose acetate and other bers such asregenerated cellulose, cotton and silk do not have the same ainity forthe same dyes. It is known that designs can be formed in a stockingknitted from regenerated cellulose by the use of a strand of celluloseacetate for forming the design, but the trouble experienced in trying touse this combination is that ordinary filament cellulose acetate isslick and as the design consists usually of only a few loops before itis withdrawn and clipped, these `few design forming loops will not begripped sufliciently by the other portions of the stocking, and althoughthe desired cross-dyeing can be obtained, the stocking will not wearsatisfactorily. Furthermore, the filament strands are not as strong as ayarn composed of a spun cellulose acetate and a lament cellulose acetatestrand twisted together. By using a yarn having a lament strand and aspun strand of cellulose acetate, the yarn used for forming the designwill not be slippery and will be held by the body of the stocking.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of astocking showing a design therein;

l Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the design and A"surrounding portionsof the stocking;

Figure 3 shows a filament strand of cellulose acetate;

Figure 4 shows a spun strand of cellulose acetate;

Figure 5 shows a yarn composed of spun and lament strands of celluloseacetate twisted together.

Refen'ing more specifically to the drawing, I0

. indicates a stocking having a design II formed therein by the specialyarn hereinafter to be described. In preparing this special' yarn, an

ordinary strand of filament cellulose acetate I2 is employed and cut uplengths of filament cellulose acetate I3. 'I'hese two are twistedtogether as'shown in Figure 5 to form a strand which will not slip outof the other loops as the spun 5 acetate can be gripped by the otherloops while filament acetate is slick and has not been successfully usedfor that reason. 'Ihe knitting machine uses the body yarn, such asregenerated cellulose I4 while design forming mechanism intermittentlythrows the special yarn composed of a strand of filament celluloseacetate and a strand of spun cellulose acetate into operation which whenwithdrawn is cut, or is cut before the hose is sold, and if the designforming strand were all filament cellulose acetate it would slip out,but the spun strand does not slip and thus I have devised a method ofmaking a stocking of these materials which will not only cross-dye, butwhich will wear well.

In the drawing and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth inthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stocking knitted from an undyed regenerated cellulose yarn andhaving a design knitted therein from an undyed cellulose acetate yarncomprising a lament strand and a spun strand twisted together which isfed to the needles for a few loops and then withdrawn, wherebycrossdyeing'elects can be produced, and whereby the desired luster,strength and anti`-skid properties are obtained in the cellulose acetateyarn.

2. A stocking having its body yarn of regen' erated cellulose and havingportions of courses thereof knitted from a cellulose acetate yarncomprising a filament strand and a. spun strand twisted together.

3. A stocking having portions'of courses knitted therein from acellulose acetate yarn comprising a lament strand anda spun strand, andhaving a body portion knitted from yarn having no ainity for a dye whichhas an ailinity for the cellulose acetate yarn.

4. A knitted fabric having its main portion knitted from a yarn havingan affinity for a dye which has no aflinity for cellulose acetate yarnand having relatively small portions thereof knitted from celluloseacetate yarn which is yfed to a few needles and then withdrawn, thecellulose acetate yarn comprising two strands one of which is a filamentstrand and the other a spun strand, whereby the necessary strength inthe cellulose acetate yarn is obtained and slippage of the celluloseacetate yarn is prevented.

5. A knitted fabric composed in the main of yarn having noalnty for adye which dyes cellulose acetate yarn and having relatively smallportions thereof knitted from cellulose" acetate yarn which is fed to `afew needles at a time and is then withdrawn whereby cross-dyeing effectsmay be obtained, the cellulose acetate yarn having a filament strand anda spun strand twisted ltogether whereby the necessary strength andlustrein the cellulose acetate yarnis'obtained and slippage of the celluloseacetate yarn with relation to the fabric is prevented.

6. A stocking knitted from a regenerated cellulose yarn and having smallportions thereof knitted from cellulose acetate yarn which is fed to theneedles of al knitting machine for a few loops and then withdrawn toform a design when the stocking is subjectedto a dyeing operation, thecellulose acetate yarn comprising a spun strand and filament strandtwisted together whereby the necessary lustre and strength is obtainedin the cellulose acetate yarn and slippage ofthe cellulose acetate yarnwith relation to the regenerated cellulosefabric is prevented.

c JOHN L. FONVILLE.

